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Date_registered

1993-01-16

Brief_description

Permanent marsh with open water dams, reedbeds and sedgebeds; water comes from the adjacent sewage treatment plant. A good variety of waterfowl is recorded, some species being commoner in summer and others in winter; none occurs in very large numbers. Greater Flamingo numbers fluctuate widely, and Lesser Flamingo is recorded only in winter. Good numbers of Blacksmith Plover occur in summer and reasonable numbers of Avocet and Blackwinged Stilt in summer and winter. Relatively large counts of Dabchick, Sacred Ibis, Cape Teal, Redknobbed Coot, Avocet, Blackwinged Stilt and Greyheaded Gull were recorded in winter 1997. The overall number of species appears to be declining. Important threats are reed encroachment and the irregular water supply to some dams; sedimentation is a mild threat.